I do not own Twilight or it's characters, I am only borrowing them.
Previously on Planet Twilight: I told everyone bye and told Didyme I would see her next week, whenever she wanted to come by the house.
Bella POV:
The next week was a little different having Didyme around the house. I thought she would get bored seeing me go around and perform my everyday tasks, but the opposite seemed to happen. What really seemed to make her happy the most, was entertaining Addy. Then when you added Claire to the mix, the fun was doubled. She found out that she really liked the Disney movies, she had never seen any of them. So between Disney movies, tea parties, and reading books, I barely saw the two of them in the mornings for the first three days of the week. Didyme would join me in fixing lunch and her and Addy helped me weed the garden. Some of the strawberries were ripe and Addy was so excited to pick them.
There was enough for her to eat and also enough to make a pie. "Wook at all the stwawbewwies I gwew Daddy, Mama made a pie and we gonna eat it for dinner. Don't you want some Daddy?" she asked when he got home from work. Didyme had just left to go back to the Bed and Breakfast.
"Yes, I would love some. Why do we have to wait for dinner, can we have it for lunch?" he asked me as he pulled me to him and nuzzled into my hair.
"I guess we can have it for lunch, since you two are so excited about it. If we just have one slice a piece, we can have if for lunch and dinner. How about that?" I asked them. That was fine with them, I guess I have some strawberry addicts on my hands, maybe I should plant some more strawberry plants. They would probably like strawberry jam too.
The next day the imprints finished up their gifts. One had made a leather photo book, one a pair of deerskin moccasins for each child, and one had made leather and wood rattles. Tatiana and Kim had appointments in the clinic that morning and each came back excited. They both were pregnant. We celebrated for a few moments before we started back on their current sewing projects. We decided after these were done, we would start working on baby items.
Since Didyme didn't have time to make anything for Makenna's babies, she said that her and Marcus were going in on the gift certificate booklet from the town. I knew most of the ladies had crocheted or made hand crafted toys, clothes, and diapers. Some of the men had made wooden items. There was also going to be a gift certificate booklet that contained certificates from Zafrina's Photography Studio, New Moon Restaurant, Stay Pharmacy, Garrett's General Store, Tia's Florist, Ireland's Butcher Shop, Siobhan's Dress Shoppe, Al's Gas Station, Cullen Auto Repair, and Brazil Dairy. I had doubled checked with Charlotte on the cake and Tia on the decorations, a few of the other ladies were making some finger foods to go along with the cake. Us Cullen girls were going to make the party favors. I think we were all ready for Saturday.
Friday, I got to have my second ultrasound and checkup. Like I really needed a checkup, Edward watched every move I made and kept up constant contact with my belly. With his heightened senses, he would have been able to pick any problems as soon as they happened. Plus he monitored the widu results from our bathroom and kept a watch on my health that way.
I went over with him and Angela in the morning and he immediately took me to an exam room. He pulled the ultrasound machine into the room and blocked the door as he had done before, when he examined me. He removed my dress and gently placed me on the table. This time as I lay there, I could see a visible difference in my belly. It was slight, but the roundness was there. I no longer had a flat belly.
Edward placed the gel on my stomach and placed the wand over it. He did as before and soon the room was filled with our baby's heartbeat. He pointed out all the features again and they were even a lot more defined than the previous ultrasound. I could see her hands and feet and even her fingers and toes without him even pointing them out. He took her measurements and said everything looked perfect. He printed out a few pictures for us to show off. He wiped off the gel and sat me up. He took my blood pressure and said all the other tests were being monitored through the widu. He put my dress back on me and said I needed to weigh. He didn't think I had put on any weight, but he wanted to make sure.
After I weighed, he said that I hadn't gained any and that I needed to up my calorie intake. He said the pharmacy was fixing to open up and they would have ice cream. He would bring me and Addy home a shake everyday until I could show some weight gain. I knew I had been keeping active and that was probably the reason for my low weight, because I have actually been eating more than normal. Well, I certainly am not going to argue, who in there right mind would turn down a daily shake.
The rest of the afternoon Alice, Rose, and I worked on gift favors for the guests. We made little boxes out of recycled paper and tied them with pink, blue, or beige raffia. Inside the boxes were terra cotta clay pots with a peat pellet and Love-in-a-mist flower seeds. This way the guests will have a little growing memento to remember the day.
The men were going to have a business meeting and discuss the building projects while we attended the shower. So the next day we all arrived at the community center with our gifts and party favors. When we walked into what we normally call the reception room, it was decorated with pink and blue balloons and streamers and some of the pink and blue flower bouquets were actually baby clothes rolled up to look like flowers. There were also pink and blue baby accessory cakes to add to the decorations. There were also some actual pink and blue flower arrangements on the tables.
On the food table there was a cake made for twins and cupcakes, finger sandwiches, a fruit tray, and a vegetable tray. There were two bowls of punch, one pink and one blue. I found out the blue was blue raspberry and the pink was strawberry. Alice and I set our party favors we had made, out on an empty table, for the guests to take home when they left.
Makenna arrived with the babies and everyone was oohing and awing over them. They were adorable and made little mewing sounds as they slept. Addy couldn't get enough of looking at them, but eventually her and Claire went off to play with some dolls they had brought with them.
Thankfully Lauren and Jessica were staying with Sue at the restaurant and we didn't have to deal with them. After everyone arrived, we played a few word games and then it was time for Makenna to open her gifts. Most of the women made crocheted or hand made items. Leah had crocheted some wash cloths, but Galleos had designed and made two silver baby spoons with cats on them. Jacob had carved some wooden rattles, Billy had built and carved a wooden toy box, Sue had sewn a diaper bag, Tia had given her bath towels and onesies. Huilen had made the recycled fabric diapers. Almost everything was made in twos, to accommodate the twins. Siobhan handed her the gift certificate booklet from the town.
She thanked everyone for the gifts and seemed extremely happy with the items. We decided it was time to eat, so Charlotte started to cut the cake. I decided on some pink punch and I sampled a little bit of everything on the table. I got Addy distracted from her playing long enough for her to tell me what she wanted. She had a hard time deciding on the punch, so I got her one of each. I figured I would drink what she didn't.
Alice and I told everyone to take a favor box before they left. We didn't want anyone leaving before we had a chance to announce they were for everyone. When we were about finished eating, the men wandered in to finish up what food we had left. There was plenty for them too. I fixed Edward a plate and he sat down beside Addy, with her pink and purple whiskers and nose, who was on her second cupcake. Luckily I had gotten her to eat a finger sandwich before she dived into the cupcakes.
Marcus walked up to Edward and asked if he could speak to me privately for a moment. Edward said that he could, so I got up and followed him into another room.
"I want to start off by thanking you for befriending Didyme. She has been quite bored having nothing to do at the Bed and Breakfast while I worked. This week she has been the happiest that I have seen her in a long time. She has come back from your home each day with stories of what you, her and Adanna had done that morning. She is such a kind and cheerful soul, she doesn't really fit in with the mates back in Italia. They are just a little too stuffy and set in their ways. They are quite a bit older than her and she really doesn't have much in common with them."
"But in Forkington, she seems to be thriving. I am even hoping that our dream of children can come to fruition here. She is so much more relaxed and comfortable around not only you, but the other ladies in town as well. Everyone here is so friendly and helpful. I am seriously thinking about building a house and setting up my home base from here. With the technology available, I could do what I normally do in Italia from Forkington. If she becomes pregnant, I will definitely consider moving us here. This is an ideal place for a child to grow up."
"The reason I am telling you all of this is because you seem to be a very special individual that saw a need in my mate and you gave her the opportunity to fulfill it. You and Adanna have filled a void in her life that I could not and I will forever be grateful for the kindness that you have shown her. I want to thank you with my whole heart for bringing a little sunshine into her life. We will be staying a few more days and then we will be going back to Italia. But I am sure we will be back soon and until then, I wish you the best of luck with everything going on in your life. I can see the bond that you and Edward have and it is extremely strong, one of the strongest I have ever seen. You two were truly meant for each other. That is all I wanted to say for now, I just wanted you to know that your kindness to Didyme is greatly appreciated and if I can ever assist you with anything, I will be at your service," he said.
"It was my pleasure to befriend Didyme, you don't need to thank me. She is a sweet and caring woman and she seemed lonely. So I just invited her into my home and she seemed to take extremely well to Addy. They had so much fun playing together. Both of you are welcome in our home at anytime and she helped me out this week as well. I was able to get more chores done than normal, because she occupied Addy for me. So I guess we both did each other a favor. She is welcome to come to the house until you leave and when you decide to come back, she will be welcome again to come visit. I have enjoyed her company immensely," I told him.
We both walked out of the room and back into the reception hall, where the ladies were cleaning up and Didyme was trying to get the icing off of Addy's face. The food coloring in the icing seemed to have dyed her white fur around her mouth.
"Oh me, Addy, seems you may have a pink and purple face and fingers for a while," I laughed out.
"It ok, Mama, I can pwetend to be a cwown," she said, as she grinned at me.
"Well, Ms clown face, you will be the cutest clown in town!" I said.
After Didyme had removed all the icing she could, Edward picked her up and tossed her in the air.
"Well my cute clown, let's go outside so Mama can help the other ladies clean up and then we can go home," he said as he headed outside with some of the other men.
Didyme asked if I was going to be home Monday and Tuesday, that she wanted to come by and that would be their last two days here in Forkington. I told her I would be home and she was welcome both days.
We then went around picking up trash and wiping down tables. Soon the room was clean and several of the men were helping carry Makenna's gifts out to her vehicle. The babies had awakened and I asked if I could hold one. She picked up the little girl and put her in my arms and Didyme was standing there looking wistful and so she handed her the little boy. They were so cute and cuddly. We both held them till our mates came and got us, saying it was time to go home. We laid the babies back in their carrier and followed our mates out to our vehicles. Everyone said goodbye and then we headed for home.
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